Evidence Appears to Show Cover-Up of Previous Charges of Discrimination Against Jewish and Black Jurors October 23, 2024 Oakland, CA—Today,  DA Pamela Price announced that attorneys assigned to review the office’s death penalty cases found evidence revealing that instead of investigating claims of prosecutorial misconduct—excluding Jewish and Black residents from juries, a former senior Alameda County District Attorney’s Office prosecutor who is now a sitting judge in Alameda County, Morris Jacobson, and a team of investigators appeared to have taken part in covering it up. During a press conference, DA Price presented a copy of a handwritten note by a former DA office employee who attended a meeting with employees from the office. Deputy DA Morris Jacobson led the meeting in preparation for an evidentiary hearing ordered in the Fred Freeman case. That hearing was ordered after former capital trial prosecutor Jack Quatman, the prosecutor…

October 22, 2024 Oakland, CA—Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, the California Attorney General’s Office, and eleven other prosecutors' offices secured a $7.5 million settlement with Walmart on behalf of the People of the State of California. The settlement resolves allegations that Walmart unlawfully disposed of hazardous waste and medical waste from its facilities statewide to municipal landfills. Walmart agreed to pay $4,297,040 in civil penalties and $3,202,960 in costs, to be split among the prosecuting agencies, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, and some local environmental protection agencies. There are nine Walmart stores in Alameda County. The settlement is the result of over 70 covert waste inspections conducted by the district attorneys’ offices statewide from 2015 through 2021, including many assisted by Alameda County District Attorney’s Office environmental protection investigators. During those inspections, the offices inspected the waste that Walmart sent from its…

DA Pamela Price Announces $6 Million Grant for the CARES Navigation Center October 8, 2024 OAKLAND, CA — Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced that her office was awarded a $6 million grant by the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) to expand the Community Assessment Referral Engagement Services (CARES) Navigation Center diversion program. Alameda County was one of 27 government and community-based organizations in the state awarded the grant after a highly competitive process. This is the largest grant ever awarded to the Alameda County District Attorney's office. The CARES Navigation Center is the only pre-arrest diversion program in Alameda County. It is currently jointly administered by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office and the County's Behavioral Health Department. Located in Oakland, the CARES Navigation Center, in partnership with the UnCuffed Project and Market St. 7th Day Adventist Church, provides resources…

Jury Renders Guilty Verdict in Double Murder Trial of Devin Williams Williams Faces 50 Years to Life Sentence October 3, 2024 OAKLAND, CA — Today, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced that her prosecutors obtained a conviction against former Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputy Devin Williams (26) for the deaths of Maria Tran and Benison Tran. The jury found Mr. Williams guilty of first-degree murder for the shooting deaths of the two victims. The testimony and evidence presented at trial showed that on September 7, 2022, Mr. Williams, an Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputy at the time, left work and went to the Trans' home in Dublin and shot both victims to death with his Alameda County-issued service weapon. According to the evidence, Ms. Tran was in a romantic relationship with Mr. Williams, although she was legally married to Mr. Tran and lived with him. “I first…

District Attorney Pamela Price Files a Dozen Felony Charges Against Man Accused of Multiple Armed Robberies October 3, 2024 Oakland, CA — Today, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announces a dozen felony charges filed against Xavier Massey (21) for allegedly committing a series of armed robberies of Oakland businesses in August and September of 2024. Mr. Massey is charged with five counts of felony second-degree robbery. In addition, he is facing one felony count for carrying a loaded firearm in public; one felony count for carrying a concealed firearm within a vehicle, and five felony counts for carrying a concealed firearm. The criminal complaint alleges that on or about August 30, 2024, Mr. Massey entered a Cricket Wireless store where he allegedly showed the clerk a concealed gun before demanding money from the register. The complaint further alleges that less than an hour later, Mr. Massey…